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Confession And Qualification Ooooo...OK...I don't really like this part...its awkward at best...and usually something less so than that!? My paternal grandmother, a true Saint of the Most High used to have visions...well, let me rephrase that...she was Methodist and Methodists DON'T have visions...they dream. So if she spoke of, "having a dream the other day" it was a vision, as she never, ever took a nap during the day! And it was certainly not something she was given to advertise or promote in any way!!! Why is that you ask?! People as a whole are not usually very tolerating; much less accepting of those who have seen into eternity(by God)! People tend to look at that sort of thing with a...well...sceptical eye, and/or as if such a gifting were like being in charge of the remote control on your TV...which is to say, that they usually don't like the programming thats on at a particular time and think it is an easy thing to simply "switch" channels?! Now in a perfect world there should NOT be a distinction of this "gift" to any particular gender...but one usually associates it with women. I suppose it is easier to rationalize such a thing (and therefore dismiss it...or at least explain it)as the "overly-emotional" state or "sensitivity" that comes with being a member of the "weaker gender"?! ROFL Sorry, my father used to say that...and both my grandfathers...and alot of my uncles...do you notice a trend here? Nothing in my experience even remotely suggests "weakness" when describing women! That is a myth propagated for men's benefit to pacify our ego...trust me...I grew up in a house with 4 women and no consistant male figure present...she (any woman) is more than capable of opening the lid on the pickle jar...they just ask us to do it so we can feel necessary and important! Anyway, back to visions...I said all that to say...sometimes God shows me things. Like my grandmother, I don't talk about it alot...sometimes because God is only showing me...most of the time...well, as I said...people would prefer if I would just change the channel!? Yeah, well...just so you know....me too! Sooo...I see you thinking out there and your wondering how I know the difference between a vision and a late-night-pizza induced dream?! good question there sport-o...and I'll be happy to answer that one for you. Its really quite simple...when I dream its usually like watching a movie with the sound turned down...my perception of the action and any motivation involved therein is...as I said "perceived" on my part. There is no conversation to understand the why of anything taking place. Likewise, there is no conscious manipulation of events (you cannot think to turn your head away, look over your shoulder in response, smell, touch, taste or hear anything)...it is exactly like watching a movie...it is not interactive in any way, shape, or form! A vision however is completely interactive: I have smelled sweat tinged with the spices used in cooking for particular cultures...I feel heat, cold, pain...the wind blowing and its direction, what time of year it is and what area of the world (even the ones I haven't visited in the natural), the time of day by the shadow cast upon the ground, etc. I have tasted food, blood (don't ask), salt water from the ocean. I have heard someone gritting their teeth standing next to me in a vision...I could see skin "goose bump" reacting to a cool breeze...bad breath, varicose veins, cuts, scars, burns, etc. And the conversations! I hear people speak in their native languages and understand them in English...I have answered them thinking in English and what came from my mouth was the language they were speaking! A few of the phrases I remember from visions...I looked up and got the meaning correct and I have never studied any language other than English (and by reading my blog..you can see that my studies of English were casual at best!). I say all that to explain...I wish I didn't "see" the things I see...they usually are not pleasant...and are never received pleasantly. I am thankful in that I have learned alot about who I am and who God desires me to be (and the difference between the 2)...in alot of ways visions have cost me 2 marriages and many relationships with friends and family. But my "deal" with God as it were, has always been if He will tell me or show me what He wants me to say or do...I'll do it (and boy...don't I wish I had never made that vow [like He wouldn't expect me to anyway!?]). I need to say all that to preface that I have something to share that God showed me. I don't expect you to agree (or even understand it)...sometimes actions take place out of context within a vision and sometimes I may see alagory as real action. Now whether you agree with me or not is your choice...and thats fine...but please don't argue Scripture with me or try to convince me that I have not experienced what I share. A person with an experience is NEVER at the mercy of anyone who ONLY HAS AN ARGUMENT!!! And that is as nice as I am going to say that...we do not have a debate...and I am not asking you to "enlighten" me and explain to me how those sorts of giftings were only for the first century church and no longer happen today! I am sure that lets you sleep better at night...but save it...skip over the next several posts as your not going to get it or understand it...and we certainly are not going to agree on it...OK? And for the rest of you who are a little more open to the possibilty...hold on to your hat Myrtle...we're taking a trip to the end of the Book! |
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1/25/2008 6:35 am |
Hey kel, if you are referring to Revelations, I have been hesitant to start reading it (again). But, if you have some more insight into it, lets hear it! God has a plan, and that is to win! Amen! peace kat
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